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This book offers new transdisciplinary perspectives on luxury, exploring the topical phenomenon of digitally retouched (censored) and blockchain-secured (sensored) luxury watches and outlining implications that emerge for the field of luxury studies and managerial practice.

This book explores links between environmental knowledge management and sustainability challenges faced by organisations, individuals and society. It will be of value to students and researchers with a focus on tourism.

Emerging multinational enterprises (or EMNEs) have made a huge impact on the international business stage by internationalising at a rapid rate. And they have performed remarkably well in both developing and developed countries. Accordingly, there is a growing strand of literature on how EMNEs manage their international human resource (IHRM) practices in different international contexts.However, the majority of the literature on IHRM practices of EMNEs is limited to explaining what international management practices EMNEs implement in their foreign subsidiaries and how they implement them. Too often, EMNEs struggle to transfer their weak management practices across national borders as they have limited experience, resources and capabilities when compared to MNEs from developed countries. Developing a better understanding on the manner in which EMNEs adopt their international human resource management and development practices abroad is, therefore, paramount to fully understand their globalisation-related behaviours. This dedicated book will aim to provide a holistic picture and contemporary insights on IHRM in emerging multinational enterprises.It will be of interest to researchers, academics and students in the fields of business and management, especially those with a particular interest in human resource management, firm internationalisation and emerging markets.

This volume investigates how mining affects societies and communities in Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan.As ex-Soviet states, Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan share history, culture and transitions to democracy. Most importantly, both are mineral-rich countries on China's frontier and epi-centres of resource extraction. This volume examines challenges communities in these countries encounter on the long journey through resource exploration, extraction and mine closure. The book is organised into three related sections that travel from mine licensing and instigation to early anticipation of benefit through the realisation of social and environmental impacts to finite issues such as jobs, monitoring, dispute resolution and reclamation. Most originally, each chapter will include a final section entitled "Notes from the field" that presents the voice of in-country researchers and stakeholders. These sections will provide local contextual knowledge on the chapter's theme by practitioners from Mongolia and Central Asia. The volume thereby offers a distinctively grounded perspective on the tensions and benefits of mining in this dynamic region. Using Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan as case studies, the volume reflects on the evolving challenges communities and societies encounter with resource extraction worldwide.The book will be of great interest to students and scholars of mining and natural resource extraction, corporate social responsibility and sustainable development.

This book is the first to systematically introduce China's tourism education system and the various tourism education practices in China to the international audience and stakeholders. China has the world's largest tourism education system, which consists of over 1,000 higher learning institutions with tourism-related programs and over half a million of tertiary-level students studying in these programs. Despite the industry scale, internationally, little is known about this tourism education system and how it operates. Knowledge and better understanding of China's tourism education system are important as tourism becomes one of the critical forces transforming economy, society and environment.The book offers an historical evaluation of China tourism education development and elaborates on the current industry status and practices in different subject fields of China's tourism education, including tourism management, hospitality management, events and festival management in higher education, tourism vocational education, tour guides training and certification, master of tourism administration (MTA) education as a unique education model in China, PhD education in tourism, tourism curriculum, research and international collaboration in tourism education in China.The book provides relevant knowledge to international tourism education providers, industry practitioners, human resource managers, government officials, and tourism academics, researchers, and students.

This book examines the central role media and communication play in the activities of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) around the globe, how NGOs communicate with key publics, engage stakeholders, target political actors, enable input from civil society, and create participatory opportunities.An international line-up of authors first discuss communication practices, strategies, and media uses by NGOs, providing insights into the specifics of NGO programs for social change goals and reveal particular sets of tactics NGOs commonly employ. The book then presents a set of case studies of NGO organizing from all over the world-ranging from Sudan via Brazil to China - to illustrate the particular contexts that make NGO advocacy necessary, while also highlighting successful initiatives to illuminate the important spaces NGOs occupy in civil society.This comprehensive and wide-ranging exploration of global NGO communication will be of great interest to scholars across communication studies, media studies, public relations, organizational studies, political science, and development studies, while offering accessible pieces for practitioners and organizers.

It has taken platforms only twenty years to become digital economy hubs. They have changed markets, enterprises, and society. They have expedited communication, collaboration, and trade for consumers, winning their attention and collecting their data. In doing so, they have made processes, products, and industries obsolete, and disrupted the expectations and behaviours of market players. This raises the question, are digital platforms global innovators or disruptive monopolists? Are they a solution to problems of the past or emissaries of a problematic future?This book provides a multi-faceted approach to platforms and their profound impact on markets and ecosystems. Economic, managerial, social, and political aspects are analysed, and the differentiation of platforms and their disruptive potential is reviewed. The book also examines the mechanism of achieving a monopolistic position, including in the international supply chain, and the greater influence of platforms on political activity and contemporary democracy. With examples from Poland, USA, and China, the contributions offer an international evaluation of disruptive platforms across a multitude of industries.The edited collection, prepared by scholars from the SGH Warsaw School of Economics, will be valuable to researchers and academics across the fields of strategic management, marketing, innovations, international business, and the digital economy.

This book addresses how digitalization influences markets and attempts to put research on digitalized markets centre-stage. It explores digitalized markets through empirically based theorizing concerning the consequences of digitalization for mundane markets.

This edited volume seeks to go beyond the dominant business/management/marketing perspectives that focus on the co-creation of market value and innovation, to excavate complex and critical episodes of co-creation in tourism.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has developed into a crucial corporate and organizational issue around the world. It has been incorporated into various sectors and countries, and includes many types of activities and dimensions. It is a common notion that organizations are more inclined today to broaden and shift their performance focus from short-term goals towards long-term social, environmental, and value-added perspectives.Under the framework of corporate governance, organizations and companies are motivated to promote fairness, transparency, ethics, and accountability in their transactions, while concurrently maintaining enhanced standards of governance. This means that organizations and corporations must align their activities with community aspirations which is an issue falling within the sphere of CSR. Increased attention has been placed on the organizations regarding their approach towards the needs of various stakeholders. However, a crucial issue that this book attempts to address is the association, intersection, and inter-relationship between governance and CSR within the EU region, which are not adequately established in the existing literature. The book will show that governance and CSR are highly connected. With the purpose of studying the association of CSR with legal, managerial and empirical aspects of governance in corporations and not-for-profit organizations, in various sectors of the economy, the book also intends to provide useful policy implications, as well as to offer constructive directions for future research.This book will be of value to researchers, academics, practitioners, policymakers, and students in the fields of CRS and governance, organizational theory, marketing management, business ethics and human resource management.

We live in times of increasing world uncertainty. Consumer culture in Asia has embodied such precariousness, with their unprecedented states of both prosperity and vulnerability.Works in this volume examine the consumer cultures that exist in today's precarious Asia. They do this through culturally oriented, critical consumer research. How deeply has the consumer precariousness in Asia been intertwined with the sociohistorical patterning of consumption including class, gender, and other social categories? How do these problematics affect consumers' identity projects, consumer rituals, and marketplace cultures? How is consumer precariousness aggravated by the governmentality of the superpower? How does the changing landscape of inter-Asian and global popular culture impact consumer culture in these nations? Together, the authors in this volume attempt to answer these questions through consumer research within the paradigm known as consumer culture theory (CCT). Since most CCT inquiry has been in Western contexts, this volume augments the existing knowledge. It presents the most current, critical, historical, and material consumer studies focused on Asia.This volume will be of interest to seasoned CCT researchers and academics, for anyone new to CCT, and for postgraduate students interested in CCT or writing a consumer culture-related thesis.

Practicing business with a conscience leaves no sector untouched. It trickles into how we treat our employees; approach our work in general; address stakeholders; engage in accounting, financial, and production management practices; implement and manage information technology; communicate on a direct and indirect basis; and market what we stand for. Business has encountered an interesting evolution in the first two decades of the twenty-first century, with social media as a catalyst aiding greater understanding and improvement regarding the critical value of soft skills, workplace diversity, change readiness, moral responsibility, sustainable awareness, and a general socially responsible mindset. This amalgamate spirit of business as we envision it in both the near and far future has found its way in all segments of business education, research, and practice.Adhering to the global trend of increased responsibility and evoking a constructive change in the narrative of business, this Research Companion serves as a critical reference work for business scholars and practitioners in various settings. It brings together contributing scholars from multiple business areas, from a variety of cultures and locations of the world, in order to achieve the compilation of a reference work that will find an expansive appeal. Including insights from the broad business spectrum ranging from internal managerial practices to strategic applications, including international sensitivity, this volume highlights the urgency for increased awareness in business decision-making on all fronts.It will be of great value to researchers, academics, practitioners, and students in the fields of corporate social responsibility, business ethics, leadership, organizational studies, and entrepreneurship.

Highlighting ethical challenges in aspects of oppression, empowerment, social care, public financing, environment protection and others in today's world, this book delves into the dynamics of administrative power in democracies and showcases how the misuse of power can be controlled through a discourse of ethics in law and governance.

"This book offers a well-written and concise mix of theory, reviews, primary research findings and case studies, across a wide range of agribusiness and agricultural marketing practices from an African perspective with a focus on sustainablilty"--

Market Study Post-Liberalisation" by Rajanna Raj presents a comprehensive analysis of the economic landscape after the liberalization policies implemented. The author delves into the transformative changes that have occurred in the market, following the dismantling of trade barriers and the opening up of the economy. Raj highlights the shifts in consumer behavior, industry competitiveness, and global trade dynamics, all of which have been influenced by the liberalization measures.The study critically examines the benefits reaped from liberalization, such as increased foreign investment, technological advancements, and improved quality of products and services. However, Raj also critically evaluates the challenges that emerged, including income inequality, market volatility, and environmental concerns due to unchecked growth. Through empirical data and expert insights, the author evaluates policy outcomes and suggests potential pathways to maximize the gains of liberalization while addressing its drawbacks.Rajanna Raj's work is a thought-provoking resource for economists, policymakers, and business leaders aiming to comprehend the complexities of post-liberalization markets. By combining theoretical frameworks with real-world observations, this study enriches our understanding of the intricate relationship between market dynamics and liberalization policies.

Dieses Buch zeigt aktuelle Entwicklungen der leistungsbezogenen Vergütung im Vertrieb mit allen Vor- und Nachteilen auf. Denn: Es besteht ein klarer Zusammenhang zwischen Leistung und Entlohnung, aber viele Unternehmen nutzen variable Vergütung noch nicht effektiv als Führungs- und Steuerungsinstrument und schmälern damit ihr Umsatzpotenzial. Heinz-Peter Kieser erläutert unterschiedliche Modelle praxisnah an konkreten Beispielen und zeigt, wie motivierende leistungsbezogene Entlohnung zum Vorteil aller Beteiligten funktioniert. Sie erfahren, wie Sie Mitarbeiterbereiche über das passende Vergütungssystem miteinander vernetzen und welche Besonderheiten bei der Einführung eines neuen Entlohnungsmodells zu beachten sind. Mit Beispielen u.a. aus unterschiedlichen Branchen sowie sieben unentbehrlichen Tipps für die Umsetzung.

Das Buch zeigt, wie Kundenzufriedenheit zu Kundenbindung und zu einer Optimierung des Kundenwertes führt. Bestandskunden, insbesondere Groß- und Schlüsselkunden zu halten, zu begeistern und die Bedürfnisse im Buying Center zu befriedigen, ist eine wichtige Aufgabe für MitarbeiterInnen im Vertrieb und Key Account Management. Zufriedenheitsmessung ist ein zentrales Werkzeug für die nachhaltige Kundenentwicklung.

Vertriebsprognosen oder Forecasts"e; sind das Handwerkszeug jeder Verkaufsorganisation. Doch lediglich der so genannte rollierende Forecast"e; ist verbreitet. Andere Forecast-Methoden sind in Unternehmen nur rudimentar entwickelt, sodass Potenziale ungenutzt bleiben. In diesem Buch erfahren Vertriebsmanager und -controller, wie sie verlassliche Forecasts erstellen, um darauf die Vertriebs- und Unternehmensplanung aufzubauen.